Get Virtual Care
For Businesses
About Us
A member asked:
What are goosebumps /& what makes skin move like that?
4 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Muscle contraction: Tiny, erector pilaris (?Sp) muscle for each hair follicle contracts making hair 'stand' up. Useful for thick fur covered animals to increase air cushion ; insulation. May have role (for them) before trauma so hair acts as intermediary (/lubricant if you will) to reduce transmission to tissue below. W/humans, not-so-much.
Answered 12/25/2013
4.7k views
Goose Bumps: Goose bumps, also called goose flesh, goose pimples, the medical term cutis anserina, are the bumps on a person's skin at the base of body hairs which may involuntarily develop when a person is cold or experiences strong emotions such as fear, nostalgia, pleasure, euphoria, awe, admiration and sexual arousal.
Answered 12/25/2013
4.7k views
Related Questions
A member asked:
My son hit his head and has a little goose egg when should be checked?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
A member asked:
Is goose bumps in your head normal or how about on one side of te body only?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
A member asked:
Bumped my head today big goose egg, accessed myself with a GCS score of 13-15, what are the chances of dying from this bumped head?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
A member asked:
After being in the sun for a while my skin breaks out into a rash that looks like goosebumps. Why?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
A member asked:
Skin colored bumps on forearms that are not goosebumps, what is this?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
People also searched for:
Sensitivity to cold goosebumps from head to toe hurts to move. Separately hands will turn blue (not cold) nail beds are pale Pulse btwn 110-130?
My skin type is like ... I ve got goosebumps . Point point on my skin.. No change of color. Is this unhealthy? ?
Possible causes of goosebumps on the head?
I have been experiencing goosebumps down one side of my body for 2 months. The goosebumps present themselves in strange patterns on the skin. Advice?
I have been getting goosebumps on the top of my head frequently. I don't feel sick at all and I don't have any other symptoms. I had been taking CNSS?
Didn't find what you're looking for?
90,000 U.S. doctors in 147 specialties are here to answer your questions or offer you advice, prescriptions, and more.
Ask your questionMore of what we treat
Download HealthTap
Video visit and message your doctor
